Joker is a 2000 Indian Malayalam-language satirical drama film written and directed by A. K. Lohithadas and produced by Salim Sathar under the banner Aachis Films. The film stars Dileep and Manya, with actors Nishanth Sagar, Bahadoor, T. S. Raju, Mamukkoya and Bindu Panicker play the supporting roles. The film was edited by A. Sreekar Prasad and the cinematography was handled by Venugopal. The film's soundtracks all were composed by Mohan Sithara while S. P. Venkatesh scored the background music. Joker was distributed by Aachis films through Aadithya Release. The film was a blockbuster in the year and one of the best movies of Malayalam Cinema and also one of the successful movies of actor Dileep. This was the last film of the Malayalam actor Bahadoor.The film reveals through the story of Royal Circus, an unwealthy circus company owned by Govindan (T. S. Raju) and its surroundings as poverty and sorrows faced by the members in the circus and the love between Babu (Dileep) the Joker and Kamala (Manya) the only daughter of Govindan.